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Kristian Salvesen
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John Maeda's 10 Laws of Simplicity presented by Kristian Salvesen

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John Maeda’s 10 Laws of Simplicity Presented by Kristian Salvesen
1. REDUCE “ The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction ”
2. ORGANIZE “ Organization makes a system of many appear fewer”
3. TIME “ Savings in time feel like simplicity”
4. LEARN “ Knowledge makes everything simpler”
5. DIFFERENCES “ Simplicity and complexity need each other”
6. CONTEXT “ What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral”
7. EMOTION “ More emotions are better then less”
8. TRUST “ In simplicity we trust”
9. FAILURE “ Some things can never be made simple”
1 10. THE ONE “ Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful”
Image Credit http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1141292 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1187877 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/623859 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/638035 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1068015 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/596144 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/836231 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1108723 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

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Laws Of Simplicity

  • 1. John Maeda’s 10 Laws of Simplicity Presented by Kristian Salvesen
  • 2. 1. REDUCE “ The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction ”
  • 3. 2. ORGANIZE “ Organization makes a system of many appear fewer”
  • 4. 3. TIME “ Savings in time feel like simplicity”
  • 5. 4. LEARN “ Knowledge makes everything simpler”
  • 6. 5. DIFFERENCES “ Simplicity and complexity need each other”
  • 7. 6. CONTEXT “ What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral”
  • 8. 7. EMOTION “ More emotions are better then less”
  • 9. 8. TRUST “ In simplicity we trust”
  • 10. 9. FAILURE “ Some things can never be made simple”
  • 11. 1 10. THE ONE “ Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful”
  • 12. Image Credit http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1141292 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1187877 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/623859 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/638035 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1068015 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/596144 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/836231 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1108723 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/